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"For cataract blindness in the developing world, manual, sutureless small-incision cataract surgery is the most cost effective method that must be increasingly adopted worldwide," stated David F. Chang, MD. "For scalable skills transfer, 3D video can play a major role in educating and training more surgeons."

"Surgeons in the United States need to be trained in this vital procedure. We were able to get the first 3D HD video ever of this procedure with TrueVision's help." said Glenn Strauss, MD, Senior VP of Healthcare for Mercy Ships.

Timothy Fincher, MD added, "We were able to debut this video at the Christian Ophthalmology Society meeting on July 30, 2009 in Hilton Head where it was a great success. I think 3D video is better than the wet lab for teaching this method and many other procedures."

A cataract is an opacity or cloudiness of the natural crystalline lens of the eye. Surgical removal of the lens may be necessary if visual loss becomes significant. The cloudy lens is replaced with an artificial lens, called an implant, at the time of surgery. In the United States, over three million (and growing) cataract surgeries are performed each year.

Modern cataract surgery is only 50 years old. During World War Two, while working with the Royal Air Force, Sir Harold Ridley noticed splinters of Perspex from the cockpit canopies of downed flyers, became lodged in the eyes of wounded pilots. He further noted these plastic splinters did not trigger inflammation. This accidental discovery led to the first artificial lenses implanted into the eye to correct cataracts.

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